Eduardo Hélder Horácio
Abstract:
Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) are crops of relevant socioeconomic importance in Brazil whose intercropping aims to obtain energy and protein foods in the same area, besides providing greater profitability for intensive non-intensive land use. becoming dependent on a single culture. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cultivation of cassava and beans in monoculture and intercropping in an experiment conducted between October 2013 and May 2014 in Jataí-GO. The experimental design was randomized blocks, with five treatments and four replications. The treatments consisted of arrangements of three single rows of single crop bean (T1), four single rows of single crop bean (T2), two single rows of single crop cassava (T3), two single rows of cassava with three single rows of beans intercropping (T4) and two single rows of cassava with four single rows of intercropping beans (T5). Plant height, number of pods per plant, number of grains per pod, one hundred grain mass and bean yield were evaluated. For cassava cultivation were evaluated the plant height, number of roots, root length and average diameter, fresh and dry root mass. From the yield values of each crop, the Equivalent Area Ratio was used as an agronomic indicator used to evaluate intercropping efficiency. None of the characteristics evaluated for cassava presented significant differences in relation to the type of cultivation. For bean only the characteristics 100 grain weight and yield showed significant differences, and bean yield was higher in intercropping compared to monoculture. The equivalent area ratio indicated advantages for the consortium treatments.
